Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey classification of Swift J170800−402551.8 as a candidate intermediate polar cataclysmic variable

Author:

O’Connor B123ORCID,Göğüş E4ORCID,Hare J356,Mukai K78ORCID,Huppenkothen D9ORCID,Brink J1011,Buckley D A H10111213ORCID,Levan A14,Baring M G15ORCID,Stewart R1,Kouveliotou C1,Woudt P10ORCID,Bellm E16,Cenko S B317,Evans P A18ORCID,Granot J11920,Hailey C21,Harrison F22,Hartmann D23,van der Horst A J1,Kaper L24,Kennea J A25,Potter S B1126ORCID,Slane P O27,Stern D28,Wijers R A M J129,Younes G13

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, The George Washington University , Washington, DC 20052 , USA

2. Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742-4111 , USA

3. Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 , USA

4. Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, SabancıUniversity , İstanbul 34956 , Turkey

5. Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA/GSFC , Greenbelt, MD 20771 , USA

6. Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America , 620 Michigan Avenue, N. E. Washington, DC 20064 , USA

7. CRESST II and X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC , Greenbelt, MD 20771 , USA

8. Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD 21250 , USA

9. SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research , Niels Bohrweg 4, NL-2333CA Leiden , the Netherlands

10. Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town , Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa

11. South African Astronomical Observatory , PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935 Cape Town , South Africa

12. Southern African Large Telescope , PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935 Cape Town , South Africa

13. Department of Physics, University of the Free State , PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300 , South Africa

14. Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University , NL-6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands

15. Department of Physics and Astronomy – MS 108, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77251-1892 , USA

16. DIRAC Institute, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington , 3910 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195 , USA

17. Joint Space-Science Institute, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742 , USA

18. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester , University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH , UK

19. Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel , PO Box 808, Ra’anana 43537 , Israel

20. Astrophysics Research Center of the Open university (ARCO), The Open University of Israel , PO Box 808, Ráanana 43537 , Israel

21. Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University , New York, NY 10027 , USA

22. Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology , 1216 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125 , USA

23. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University , Kinard Lab of Physics, Clemson, SC 29634-0978 , USA

24. Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam , the Netherlands

25. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University , 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802 , USA

26. Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg , PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 , South Africa

27. Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 , USA

28. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 169-221, Pasadena, CA 91109 , USA

29. Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam , Postbus 94249, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam , the Netherlands

Abstract

ABSTRACT Here, we present the results of our multiwavelength campaign aimed at classifying Swift J170800−402551.8 as part of the Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey (DGPS). We utilized Target of Opportunity (ToO) observations with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM–Newton), Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), and the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), as well as multiwavelength archival observations from Gaia, VST Photometric Hα Survey, and VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea. The source displays a periodicity of 784 s in our XMM–Newton observation. The X-ray spectrum (XMM–Newton and NuSTAR) can be described by thermal bremsstrahlung radiation with a temperature of kT ≈ 30 keV. The phase-folded X-ray light curve displays a double-peaked, energy-dependent pulse profile. We used Chandra to precisely localize the source, allowing us to identify and study the multiwavelength counterpart. Spectroscopy with SALT identified a Balmer H α line, and potential He i lines, from the optical counterpart. The faintness of the counterpart (r ≈ 21 AB mag) favours a low-mass donor star. Based on these criteria, we classify Swift J170800−402551.8 as a candidate intermediate polar cataclysmic variable, where the spin period of the white dwarf is 784 s.

Funder

NASA

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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